HOLMES, John William: Died 1946

HOLMES, DE ROSEAR, SANDFORD, ABERNATHY, HARLAN

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946
JOHN W. HOLMES

John William Holmes, son of S. Manning and Alice DeRosear Holmes, was born near Bonaparte, Iowa, Nov. 19, 1882, and departed this life at the Bishop Clarkson Memorial hospital, Omaha, Neb., Oct. 23, 1946, aged 63 years, 11 months and 4 days. He was one of seven children, all of whom survive except one sister, Dessie Holmes, who died in 1942. He was also preceded in death by his mother in 1927 and his father in 1944.

John grew to manhood on a farm north of Bonaparte, and with the exception of a few years in town, spent all his life on a farm. He attended the Mt. Zion rural school, then Bonaparte High School, graduating in the class of 1904. When about sixteen years of age he united with the Harrisburg Baptist church, where he retained his membership throughout his life. June 8, 1920, he was united in marriage with Miss Agnes S. Sanford of Bonaparte. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 73. He served as committeeman for the AAA since its organization about fourteen years ago. John enjoyed his friends, and doing for others. His hearty laugh will always be remembered by those who knew him.

Of his immediate family who are left to mourn are his wife, Agnes; and three brothers and two sisters: James of Moline, Ill., Sadie Abernathy of Ottumwa, Elizabeth Harlan and Samuel W. of Bonaparte and Carl W. of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Besides a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral services conducted by Rev. E.E. Niederhuth were held Saturday afternoon at the Bonaparte Baptist church. Interment in Sharon cemetery with Masonic ritual service at the grave.

Those from a distance who came for the Holmes funeral were Mr. and Mrs. James Holmes of Moline, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Abernathey, Mr. and Mrs. John Burke and Miss Maxine Abernathy of Ottumwa; Albert Sanford and family of Canton, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sanford of Galesburg, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Smith of Hannibal, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Henry and son Bob of Keokuk, Iowa; Earl Harlan of Mount Ayr; and Mrs. Elizabeth Harlan who returned from Bainbridge, Maryland, several weeks ago to assist during her brother's illness.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book H, Page 24, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA